Rail-joint.



R. H. MARSH,

BAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION mum APR, 30, wear 'Pawntad July 13,1909.

RUTHERFORD H. MARSH, OF IRWIN, ,E'ENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1a, 1909.

Application filed April 30, 1908. Serial No. 430,134.

To all nhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUTHERFORD H. Mnnsn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Irwin, in the county for the confronting ends of two rails. To

this end, I have devised a novel rail chair for supporting and embracing rails upon ties or sleepers, said chair being firmly spiked to the ties, to prevent lateral and vertical dis placement of said rails.

The detailed construction entering into my invention will be presently described, and reference will now be had to the draw ings forming a part of this specification, wherein-- Figure l is a perspective view of my rail joint. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same and Fig. 3 is a plan of a rail chair.

To put my invention into practice I construct a rail chair of a base plate 1, the inner edge of which is provided with an integral splice bar 2, and with a plurality of spike notches Contiguous to the outer edge of the base plate:v l is another splice bar 4, and between said splice bar and the outer edge of the base plate 1 is formed a plurality of spike openings 5.

The rail chair as above described is coun ter-sunk or seated in recesses 6 provided therefor in ties 7, these ties being located close together and lower than the remainder of the tics supporting the rails 8, in order that an even foundation will'be provided for said rails. After the chair containing the confronting ends of the rails is correctly pe sitioned, spikes 9 are employed for securing the chair to the ties 7.

My improvement allows for the expansion and contraction of rails 8-, and prevents lateral and vertical displacement to such an extent as would cause derailment of the rolling stock adapted to pass over the same.

provides practically a continuous tread for the rails 8, consequently, I eliminate the jarring andbumpjng heretofore experienced when riding over a rail joint.

It is obvious that my invention is susceptible to such structural changes as are permissible by the appended claim.

I-Iavingnmv described my invention what I now claim as new, is

The combination with a plurality of ties each having a rectangular scat below the plane of its upper face, said seats being arranged in parallelism with respect to each other and each extending in the same plane throughout andbelow the plane of the upper face of the tie whereby a pair of shoulders in each tie is provided, of a rail chair extending transversely with respect to the ties and mounted upon said seats, said rail chair prevented from lateral displacement by said shoulders, said rail chair comprising a base plate for supporting the confronting ends of a pair of rails, a splice bar formed integral with the inner edge of said base plate, en-

gaging the upper face of the base of said the head of the rails, an outer splice bar formed integral with said base plate at a point removed from the outer edge of said plate whereby a longitudinally extending flange is provided, said outer splice bar engaging the upper face of the base of the rails and further engaging the lower face of the head of the rails, said flange formed with a plurality of openings, spikcsextending tl'n'ough said openings and engaging in the ties, the marginal portion of the base of the inner edge of said base plate provided with notches, spikes extending through said notches for connecting said inner splice bar to the ties.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RUTHERFORD H. MARSH.

Witnesses i Max H. SROLOVITZ, K. H. BUTLER.

rails and further engaging the lower face of sis 

